The 21t o October is the 294t day o the year (295t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 71 days bidin.
Events
1805 : Daith o Horatio Nelson at Trafalgar 1970 : The Little Belt Brig 1986 : Banner o the Marshall Islands 1520 - Ferdinand Magellan 's expedeetion reaches the nou-named Magellan Strait in the Sooth o Sooth Americae .1600 - Battle o Sekigahara in Japan .1805 - Battle o Trafalgar : Breetish forces defeat French an Spainyie forces in a naval battle, awtho Breetish admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscoont Nelson is kilt.1907 - A yirdquauk in Central Asie kills at least 12,000 fowk.1944 - Warld War II : The Allies capture the ceety o Aachen , Germany .1945 - Weemen are allowed tae vote in Fraunce .1948 - A Lockheed Constellation aircraft crashes at Prestwick , Scotland .1966 - The Aberfan disaster in Wales kills 144 fowk, maist o them bairns.1969 - Willy Brandt becomes Chancellor o Wast Germany .1970 - The Little Belt Brig opens, connectin Jutland an Funen in Denmark .1971 - Clairkstoun explosion : A gas splosion in Clairkstoun , East Renfrewshire , Scotland , kills 22 fowk.1986 - The Marshall Islands (in the Paceefic Ocean ) gain unthirldom frae the Unitit States .1994 - The Seongsu Brig in Seoul , Sooth Korea , collapses, killin 32 fowk.2005 - The 200t anniversary o the Battle o Trafalgar is mairkit.2005 - Hurricane Wilma hits Mexico 's Yucatan peninsula.2007 - Donald Tusk is electit Prime meenister o Poland .2016 - A train crash in Eseka, Cameroon , kills at least 55 fowk.2017 - Spain 's govrenment stairts the process o takin direct control o the region o Catalonie , efter its disputit 1 October unthirldom referendum.2019 - Canadae holds a general election: Justin Trudeau 's Leeberal Pairty retains pouer but wi a reduced nummer o seats an a minority govrenment; The opposeetion Conservatives nairraely win the popular vote.
Births
Alfred Nobel 1328 - Hongwu Emperor o Cheenae (d. 1398 )1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge , Inglis poet an philosopher (d. 1834 )1809 - John Stenhouse , Scots chemist (d. 1880 )1833 - Alfred Nobel , Swadish chemist, ingineer an inventor, haes Nobel Prizes named efter him (d. 1896 )1910 - Jimmy Adams , Scots gowfer (d. 1986 )1912 - Georg Solti , Hungarian-Breetish conductor (d. 1997 )1917 - Dizzy Gillespie , American trumpeter, componer an bandleader (d. 1993 )1921 - Malcolm Arnold , Inglis componer (d. 2006 )1925 - Celia Cruz , Cuban sangster (d. 2003 )1929 - Ursula K. Le Guin , American writer (d. 2018 )1931 - Shammi Kapoor , Indian actor an director (d. 2011 )1940 - Marita Petersen , Prime meenister o the Faroe Islands (d. 2001 )1942 - Christopher A. Sims , American economist1949 − Benjamin Netanyahu , Prime meenister o Israel 1952 - Patti Davis , dochter o Nancy an Ronald Reagan 1953 - Peter Mandelson , Inglis politeecian1956 - Carrie Fisher , American actress an writer (d. 2016 )1957 - Wolfgang Ketterle , German pheesicist1958 - Andre Geim , Roushie-born pheesicist1969 - Chris Law , Scots politeecian1971 - Hal Duncan , Scots writer1980 - Kim Kardashian , American telly personality1992 - Bernard Tomic , Australian tennis player
Daiths
1422 - Charles VI o Fraunce (b. 1368 )1805 - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscoont Nelson , Inglis admiral (b. 1758 )1931 - Arthur Schnitzler , Austrick writer (b. 1862 )1934 - Robin Welsh , Scots curler (b. 1869 )1969 - Jack Kerouac , American writer (b. 1921 )1978 - Anastas Mikoyan , Soviet-Armenie politeecian (b. 1895 )1980 - Hans Asperger , Austrick medicinar an psychologist (b. 1906 )2012 - Yash Chopra , Indian director, producer an screenwriter (b. 1932 )2012 - George McGovern , American politeecian (b. 1922 )2014 - Gough Whitlam , Prime Meenister o Australie (b. 1916 )2018 - Seymour Crawford , Erse politeecian (b. 1944 )2021 - Halyna Hutchins , American-Ukrainian cinematografer an jurnalist (b. 1979 )
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